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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Baytown

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 10 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Baytown Texas

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

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Overview 6 figures People 18 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 3 figures
Latest value · 2025 40,601 +1.6% since 2024
Towns of Houston · 2025 10 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +24% +0.8% a year on average
share of Texas 0.26% Texas: 15,883,632 · 2025
Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+24% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Baytown 40,601
Texas 16M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance Baytown · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 40,601 · 2025
First value 31,074 · 1990
Highest 40,601 · 2025
Lowest 30,736 · 2006
Average change +0.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBaytownChange Texas
2025 40,601 +1.6% 16M
2024 39,954 +0.1% 16M
2023 39,921 +1.8% 15M
2022 39,223 −0.8% 15M
2021 39,526 −2.2% 14M
2020 40,426 +1.7% 14M
2019 39,763 −0.1% 14M
2018 39,801 −0.3% 14M
2017 39,914 +1.8% 13M
2016 39,190 +19% 13M
2015 32,859 −1.9% 13M
2014 33,496 −0.8% 13M
2013 33,770 +1.8% 13M
2012 33,188 +0.7% 13M
2011 32,946 +1.1% 12M
2010 32,588 +0.0% 12M
2009 32,582 +1.8% 12M
2008 32,010 +1.6% 12M
2007 31,510 +2.5% 12M
2006 30,736 −2.8% 11M
2005 31,616 −3.5% 11M
2004 32,760 +0.1% 11M
2003 32,741 +1.2% 11M
2002 32,352 +2.4% 11M
2001 31,598 +1.5% 11M
2000 31,123 −12% 10M
1999 35,499 +1.0% 10M
1998 35,143 +2.4% 10M
1997 34,331 +1.9% 9.9M
1996 33,702 +0.6% 9.7M
1995 33,502 +0.9% 9.6M
1994 33,194 +1.2% 9.4M
1993 32,790 +1.2% 9.2M
1992 32,414 +2.4% 9M
1991 31,668 +1.9% 8.8M
1990 31,074 8.6M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 Pasadena 69,651
3 Pearland 63,241
4 College Station 58,569
5 Sugar Land 55,691
6 Beaumont 54,125
7 Tyler 49,960
8 Conroe 41,307
9 Baytown 39,801
10 Bryan 38,495
11 Longview 37,823
12 Galveston 25,303
13 Rockwall 24,162
14 Port Arthur 22,025
15 Friendswood 19,394
16 Rosenberg 18,269
17 Huntsville 17,415
18 Deer Park 17,133
19 La Porte 17,096
20 Nacogdoches 15,241
21 Texarkana 15,165
22 Lufkin 14,387
23 Lake Jackson 14,193
24 Alvin 12,870
25 Greenville 12,383
26 Corsicana 11,446
27 Paris 10,769
28 Forney 9,746

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.